"I’ve blocked all contact with her."
Speaking of which, Lai Xingchen himself felt like a big victim.
Why did all these crappy things always happen to him?
"Okay, I’ll believe what you just said for now, but can you tell me why your ex-girlfriend came to find you?"
According to what Xiao Tang had sobbed to me earlier, that ex seemed to still think she was the legitimate girlfriend!
Lai Xingchen sighed twice:
"She came to ask me to get back together."
As soon as he said this, Xiao Tang immediately lifted her head.
Lu Jing and Jiang Ye also looked over.
"Cough, really, just this matter, I’ve known her since we were kids, and our parents are pretty familiar.
But I assure you, I swear, I’ve had no contact with her since we broke up!"
Great, another pair of childhood sweethearts.
Xiao Tang immediately lowered her head again, how could she compete with someone who’d been around for so many years?
Lu Jing saw what Xiao Tang was thinking, took her hand, and continued,
"So she asked you to get back together, did you agree?"
Lai Xingchen immediately stood up,
"How could I agree? We broke up, and that was it. Besides, I have a girlfriend now, how could I possibly agree to her request?"
His words were right. ɴᴇᴡ ɴᴏᴠᴇʟ ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀs ᴀʀᴇ ᴘᴜʙʟɪsʜᴇᴅ ᴏɴ novel⁂fire.net
But to Xiao Tang, they sounded a bit off:
"Lai Xingchen, what do you mean? If I weren’t here, would you have agreed to get back together? So it’s all my fault?"
Sure enough, when women start obsessing, they can be utterly illogical.
This was the first time Lai Xingchen had encountered such a reaction, and he was anxious but didn’t know how to explain.
Luckily, Jiang Ye spoke up:
"Here, Captain Jiang."
"Why don’t you just make things clear? You’re hesitating and dragging your feet, are you a young lady or what?"
Lai Xingchen took a deep breath:
"Tangtang, it’s not what you think. It was never possible between us. We were together initially because of our parents.
And when we broke up, it was quite ugly.
My mom would rather have me stay single for life than let her step through our door again."
Now, everyone was puzzled.
How ugly could the breakup have been?
Lai Xingchen now had no choice but to spell out the embarrassing details:
"She thought I was incompetent, just a firefighter, not making much money, and my family didn’t have a powerful background. Then she met another man, and, she cheated."
Since he had started talking, there was no need to keep hiding it anymore:
"Considering we grew up together and our parents had known each other for many years, I didn’t disclose this initially.
But she went around telling everyone that I was the one who cheated.
She even threatened to file a complaint at the station.
My mom, for the sake of my future, paid her 80,000 yuan."
They even paid her money?
What kind of victim was he?
Lu Jing’s mouth hung wide open, then he looked towards Jiang Ye.
Jiang Ye gently shook his head, indicating he really didn’t know about this.
No wonder Lai Xingchen had earlier said that his mom would rather have him stay single all his life than to let that woman take a step into their house again.
This wasn’t just a matter of being too much, it was utterly shameless, devoid of any morals or values.
She even brazenly came asking to get back together?
Lu Jing didn’t even know how to describe it.
However, Xiao Tang, upon hearing these explanations, seemed to relax a lot.